Literary-art Events in New York

Check out happening literary-art events all around New York, NY

Martha Wainwright Sings Laura Nyro

Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm Joe's Pub

Ali Sethi at Irving Plaza

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm Irving Plaza

poetry me, please: Metaphors & Real Rap

 Sat, 18 Oct at 06:00 pm Sound Of Brazil USD 34 to 55

The Oh Hellos in New York

 Sun, 12 Oct at 08:00 pm Webster Hall

YA Thrills & Chills

 Fri, 10 Oct at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

THE SOUL MATES R&B BOOK REPORT

 Sat, 27 Sep at 08:00 pm National opera center of America USD 43 to 60

ANTON KERN x CON ALTURA Present: John Yau, Emily Skillings, Danny Rivera

 Fri, 26 Sep at 06:30 pm Anton Kern Gallery Free

The Archive New Works by Black Women: Reading Series

 Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm The Flea Theater, Thomas Street, New York, NY, USA USD 5 to 13

Crave Radiance: a tribute to Elizabeth Alexander

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Trinity Church Free

INTERVENTIONS x Crossing The Line: delicate people

 Sat, 04 Oct at 12:45 pm Governors Island Free

Launch Event | Malfoy

 Fri, 17 Oct at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

As You Like It

 Sat, 27 Sep at 02:30 pm Jackie Robinson Bandshell Free

Author Talk: JD Netto (The Other Side of the Ocean)

 Sat, 04 Oct at 04:00 pm 53rd Street Library Free

Singles Trivia Night

 Thu, 25 Sep at 06:30 pm St. Pat's Bar & Grill NYC USD 13 to 19

The Library for the Performing Arts Play Club [IN PERSON]

 Thu, 25 Sep at 06:30 pm Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab Free

Falling into Place - Author's Evening with Thomas Swick

 Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm The Kosciuszko Foundation Free

Into the Charmed Churned Circle

 Thu, 25 Sep at 06:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

BOWERY MUSIC + POETRY + FILM

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:30 pm Bowery Poetry Club USD 20

Joan Acocella: A Tribute (1945-2024)

 Thu, 25 Sep at 05:30 pm New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium Free

Jack Hancher, guitar

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:30 pm 3 W 65th St USD 23 to 34

The Village Trip - Unsung Heroes

 Sun, 28 Sep at 06:00 pm Cafe Wha? USD 26 to 301

THE QUEEN - Movie Night

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:30 pm The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center USD 23

Women’s Health as a Human Right

 Fri, 26 Sep at 02:30 pm Serendipity Labs - Grand Central NYC Free

Lyla Sage + Iman Hariri-Kia: Soul Searching

 Fri, 03 Oct at 06:00 pm The Church of the Village USD 31

Author Event: Nikki Payne's "The Princess and the P.I."

 Thu, 25 Sep at 08:00 pm Book Club Bar Free

A Conversation Dinner on How to Manage Anxiety

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:00 pm You Will be Notified of Venue Once you sign up. Adress noted is not the location but Hueman.GC. USD 158

The Education of a Design Writer: Book Launch & Reading

 Wed, 24 Sep at 06:30 pm SVA Graduate Center Free

Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben

 Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm Town Hall Theatre - NY

Meet Hafsah Faizal!

 Thu, 09 Oct at 06:00 pm Books of Wonder Free

In Conversation: María Berrío & Siddhartha Mitter

 Wed, 01 Oct at 06:30 pm 542 W 22nd St Free

One Man Poe

 Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm Under St Marks Theater USD 29

Galinsky's Poetry in New York! Thursday Oct 2nd, 8-9:30pm at Book Club Bar!

 Thu, 02 Oct at 08:00 pm Book Club Free

Richard Shindell

 Sun, 12 Oct at 07:00 pm Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, West 46th Street, New York, NY, USA USD 39

HBR Press Presents: Book Event for G.O.A.T. Wisdom

 Wed, 24 Sep at 05:30 pm Housing Works Bookstore Free

Trinity Talks: Dr. Maya Soetoro

 Sun, 28 Sep at 01:00 pm Trinity Commons Free

"La carcél del Sing Sing": Music and Incarceration

 Wed, 01 Oct at 06:00 pm Casa Hispanica Free

Black on Screen: Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories

 Wed, 24 Sep at 06:30 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

Frail Riffs / Frêle bruit: Michel Leiris in Translation

 Thu, 25 Sep at 05:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

The New Global Possible by Ani Dasgupta with Somini Sengupta

 Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm Rizzoli Bookstore Free

Launch of Vicki Mahaffey’s “The Joyce of Everyday Life”

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Glucksman Ireland House NYU Free

Queer Gallery Walk: Art Tour of Chelsea Gallery District

 Sat, 27 Sep at 01:00 pm 293 10th Ave. Outside (SW corner of 27th St @ 10th Ave) USD 18 to 23

Sappho's Garden- with Carol Lee Campbell and Domnica Radulescu

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Cooler- with Craig Houk

 Thu, 30 Oct at 07:30 pm The Drama Book Shop Free

Tom Comitta presents Patchwork, ft. Gideon Jacobs

 Thu, 25 Sep at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 7 to 18

David Wojnarowicz: Arthur Rimbaud in New York Opening

 Tue, 30 Sep at 06:00 pm Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Free

A night with Eileen Myles

 Wed, 01 Oct at 06:00 pm 40 Loisaida Ave Free

ArtMill: A Story of Sustainable Creativity in Bohemia [book launch]

 Thu, 09 Oct at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

MI Colloquium: The Power of the Picture Book

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm Sullaluna Free

Mary Roach: Replaceable You

 Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

The Aviator and the Showman

 Tue, 30 Sep at 06:30 pm The National Arts Club Free

Poetry in the Garden: Poetry Workshop & Open Mic

 Sat, 04 Oct at 01:00 pm Queens Botanical Garden USD 0 to 7

Amber V. Nicole celebrates THE WRATH OF THE FALLEN at B&N Union Square

 Tue, 28 Oct at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 25

The Original - H.T. Tsiang Walking Tour (The Village Trip 2025)

 Sat, 27 Sep at 11:00 am Stonewall National Monument USD 29 to 34

Glorious People: An Evening with Sasha Marianna Salzmann & Marianne Hirsch

 Thu, 25 Sep at 06:00 pm Deutsches Haus At New York University Free

Hayes Carll in New York

 Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm Le Poisson Rouge

4 Daughters Minus One, 2000 A.D.

 Sat, 04 Oct at 03:00 pm Producers Club Theaters USD 33 to 50

Brian K. Vaughan: Spectators

 Thu, 09 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 37

Live For the Arts IV

 Thu, 23 Oct at 05:00 pm INNSiDE by Meliá New York NOMAD Free

Echoes of Art: Open Mic Night (ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY)

 Sun, 12 Oct at 05:30 pm Artfullwalls Fine Art Gallery USD 0 to 55

VICTOR V. GURBO: IN CONCERT

 Thu, 09 Oct at 06:30 pm Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park Free

Give Me A Wildfire Premiere

 Mon, 29 Sep at 07:00 pm La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Free

"Artistic Reflections on 35 Years of German Reunification"

 Thu, 09 Oct at 06:00 pm Deutsches Haus At New York University Free

Believe In the Storm: AC Lightnin Live!

 Sat, 08 Nov at 05:15 pm The Delancey Rooftop USD 0 to 18

Dustin Thao: You’ve Found Oliver

 Mon, 29 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 25

The Face of the (M)Other: Sex, Gender, and Terrors of Formlessness

 Wed, 15 Oct at 07:30 pm Pulsion Institute Free

Christian Open Mic Night

 Sat, 27 Sep at 06:30 pm 39 W 29th St 3rd floor USD 13 to 18

Ilana Masad + Maris Kreizman: Beings

 Wed, 01 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 36

On Remembering My Friends, My First Job, and My Second-Favorite Weezer CD

 Fri, 17 Oct at 06:00 pm Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY Free

A Daylong Workshop with Paul Selig in New York City

 Sat, 18 Oct at 10:00 am Judson Memorial Church USD 157 to 210

Bruce Gilden in Conversation with Max Blagg with Book Signing!

 Fri, 26 Sep at 06:30 pm Leica Gallery New York Meatpacking Free

Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

Strange Attractor: Terence McKenna Book Signing with Graham St. John

 Fri, 17 Oct at 06:30 pm Gospel USD 17 to 48

Gotham Writers Workshop: Fiction Writing

 Sun, 19 Oct at 03:00 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts Free

Alisha Fernandez Miranda presents Someone's Gotta Give

 Wed, 24 Sep at 06:30 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts USD 7 to 21

Rose Dommu + Harron Walker: Best Woman

 Tue, 23 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 36

MOVE: The Run Club That Only Meets Once a Year

 Fri, 10 Oct at 07:30 am Washington Square Arch Free

Celebrating Recent Work by Seth Kimmel

 Wed, 22 Oct at 06:15 pm Heyman Center for the Humanities Free

MOCA TALKS with Karen Hao – Empire of AI

 Sat, 11 Oct at 03:00 pm Museum of Chinese in America USD 0 to 32

Character Building Writing Workshop

 Sun, 05 Oct at 04:00 pm 151 W 30th St 3rd floor 3rd floor USD 34

American Friends of Attingham's 2025 Fall Benefit Lecture

 Fri, 07 Nov at 06:00 pm Explorers Club USD 0 to 136

The Passion According to Janair

 Wed, 29 Oct at 06:30 pm Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center Free

Black Feminist Ethnographies in Latin America and the Caribbean

 Thu, 02 Oct at 06:30 pm James Room, 4th Floor Barnard Hall Free

Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Decline of Discourse

 Tue, 23 Sep at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

Battling Truth Decay

 Wed, 22 Oct at 05:00 pm CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy Free

Liberation Philology 101

 Tue, 23 Sep at 06:00 pm 18 W 21st St suite 900 USD 82

Martha Wells + Meg Elison: Queen Demon

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 37

The Village Trip - The Music of Bob Dylan

 Fri, 26 Sep at 06:00 pm Cafe Wha? USD 26 to 301

On the Edge, directed and introduced by Viliam Bendik

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

Gotham Writers Workshop: Creative Writing 101

 Sun, 26 Oct at 03:00 pm P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts Free

Emma Gannon + Glynnis MacNicol: Table for One

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 62

Yume Kitasei + Steph Pilavin: Saltcrop

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm Strand Book Store USD 14 to 38

Glenn Raymond Live in New York At The SVA Theatre

 Thu, 23 Oct at 07:00 pm SVA Theatre USD 45

Solo → Quartet, OneMusic Project Concert

 Thu, 16 Oct at 07:30 pm The Players USD 71

Brynne Weaver discusses TOURIST SEASON at B&N Union Square

 Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 35

The Woke Experience: One Man. One Stage. One Unapologetic Voice.

 Sat, 11 Oct at 04:00 pm Finch Studio Space USD 29

No Borders for Lovers

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm GOSPEL USD 50

SOPHIE BLACKALL: If We Were Dogs

 Tue, 30 Sep at 06:00 pm Sullaluna bookstore & Bistrot USD 13 to 77

Jay Kristoff discusses EMPIRE OF THE DAWN at Barnes & Noble Union Square

 Sat, 08 Nov at 06:00 pm Barnes & Noble USD 42

The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin

 Wed, 08 Oct at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

Strangers in the Land: A Conversation with Michael Luo

 Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm China Institute in America USD 0 to 12